PEDIGREE

PEDIGREE = OF THE DESCENDANTS OF

RICHARD JACOB (DIED 153= 8)

OF BOUGHTON-UNDER-BLEAN

IN THE COUNTY OF KENT, ENGLAND

This pedigree begins wi= th Richard Jacob, yeoman, of Boughton-under-Blean, near Faversham, in the coun= ty of Kent, England. He and his wife Joan had children:

1.&n= bsp; Henry

2.&n= bsp; Mathew, born ca 1529

3.&n= bsp; Agnes

4.&n= bsp; Alice, who married William Place, clerk of Boughton-under-Blean.

5.&n= bsp; Margaret

Their names are given i= n his will, dated 15^th August 1538, probate being granted on 12^th= November of the same year. His wife Joan and his son Henry are named joint executors. His son Mathew is described as a child, not yet 10 years old. He wills to be buried in Boughton-under-Blean parish church next to his childr= en, so he must have had other children who died young (CKS-PRC 32/17f 2= 1v).

References to him so far identified include an action by Joan and Elizabeth, daughters and heirs of = John Roper against Richard Potman and Richard Jacob, as feoffees to uses, allegi= ng fraud in conveying to them messuages and land in Boughton and Hernhill, whi= ch had been bought of William Tylman, gentleman, to the said John Roper's use. Dated in the period 1518-1529 (NA-563/18)

Another deed made in 15= 34 shows that, together with William Hammond, Robert Abraham and John Elston, = he sold to Richard Simonds, John Copinger, William Ward, John Stone and Thomas Wyste 2 acres of meadow in Boughton for 22 marks. The deed was witnessed by Henry his son (CKS- U 47/1 T121). It was sealed by him, the seal in black wax, c 3/4 inch dia. (see below). When I originally saw the seal a great many years ago, it was still intact. It dep= icts a cross with a sword diagonally across it.

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The seal on a deed of Richard Jacob 1534 (CKS-U 47/1 T121). It is possibly his.

HENRY JACOB
- died 1550<= /p>

We don't know when Henr= y was born, but he died in 1550, when administration of his goods was granted to = his sister Alice Place of Boughton. He was executor of his father’s will = in 1538 so he must have been of age. He is described as of St Mary Bredin pari= sh, Canterbury (CKS, PRC 3/12f 52).=

I have found a few refe= rences to him, but no doubt many more exist. He witnessed a deed by John Tenacker = of Boughton to Thomas Hawkins on 27^th March 1542 (CKS-U 47/1 T121<= /span>).

MATHEW JACOB
buried 27th September 1593

The other surviving son= of Richard Jacob, he was buried at Boughton-under-Blean on 27^th September 1593.

On 1^st Decem= ber 1561 he married Avis Tennaker at Boughton-under-Blean church. They had children:

Cirriack, baptized on 8^th September 1562, buried 9^th April 1613.
Floren= ce, baptized on 16^th April 1564, buried 17^th June 15= 64 at B-u-Blean
Joan, baptized on 22^nd June 1565 at B-u-Blean. On 24^th January 1585 she married James Scott at B-u-Blean church. They had iss= ue.
Susan, baptized on 15^th October 1566 at B-u-Blean. On 20^{th
November 1587 she married Edward Hammon at B-u-Blean church.}
Ann, baptized 16^th May 1570 at B-u-Blean. She married John Pye o= n 28^th January 1593.
Prisci= lla, baptized on 21^st October 1573 at B-u-Blean. She married ---= -- Place.
John, buried 14^th April 1573 at B-u-Blean
John, baptized 11^th February 1575 at B-u-Blean =
Christopher, baptized on 20^{th
August 1578 at B-u-Blean}
Michael, baptized 24^th August 1579 at B-u-Blean
Henry, baptized 23^rd February 1583, buried 25^th October 1592 at B-u-Blean

His will is dated 7th September 1593 and was proved on 4^th October of that year. He wi= shes to be buried at B-u-Blean next to the body of his son Henry. He leaves vari= ous monetary and other bequests to his wife Avis, his daughters Anne Jacob, Jane Scot, Susan Hamon and Priscilla Place. In the case of his married daughters, the monetary bequests were to be made within a number of years (specified) after his death. If they were to die in the interim, then the monies to be = paid to their respective children. He makes further monetary bequests to his sons Christopher and Michael, as also to five male and one female servants. Two kinswomen are named, Avis and Margaret Reynold. To his son Cyriack he leaves his lease to Boughton Court, as also the residue of all his goods and chatt= els. His wife is made sole executrix, John Place the elder and John Place the yo= unger are made overseers.

As to his freehold prop= erty, to Avis he leaves his tenement at Boughton church, then in the occupation of Steven Bersted for the term of her natural life. To Syriack his house in Hernhill, and also woodland at Havell; also to him two houses in Boughton Street, and lands thereto belonging, which he bought of William Philpot. He further leaves Cyriack his house in South Street in Boughton, in the occupa= tion of John Place the younger, with the lands thereto belonging. To his sons Ch= ristopher and Michael he leaves his house near Boughton church, after the demise of h= is wife, as also woodland at Kensinghill. Finally to Cyriack he leaves woodlan= d at Hayso? wood (CKS-PRC 32/37 f 141v).=

He appears as a juror o= n a number of occasion; for grand and trial juries in the period 1576-1591 at Rochester, Canterbury and Sevenoaks assizes.

Let us continue with Ma= thew's three sons, starting with the eldest:

CIRRIACK JACOB
born 8^th September 1562 - buried 9^{th<=
/sup>
April 1613}

The son of Mathew Jacob= , he was born on 8^th September 1562 and buried on 9^th April 16= 13 at B-u-Blean church. His wife Ann was buried on 21^st February 16= 20 at B-u-Blean.

He married Ann Berry, w= idow, on 24^th September 1593 at B-u Blean church. They had children:

Avis, baptized 11^th August 1594, buried 16^th July 1596= , at B-u-Blean church.
Cirria= ck, baptized 28^th November 1595, buried 29^th November 1595 at B-u-Blean church.
Margar= et, baptized 16^th October 1597, buried 18^th March 15= 98 at B-u-Blean church.
Edward, baptized 7^th September 1599 at B-u-Blean .
Marie, baptized 25^th December 1603 at B-u-Blean. She married 1stly Thomas Penvill of Sturry.

His widow Anne left beq= uests in her will to her daughter Mary Hunt, to her daughter Katherine Joyce wido= w, as also her grandchild Elizabeth Joyce. Her son Edward and his wife Elizabe= th are named. With respect to her daughters Mary and Katherine, I am not sure whether they were children by her previous marriage or of her marriage to Cirriack. Edward describes Mary Hunt as his sister however, so probably the Marie baptized in 1603 is referred to.

He was a defendant in t= he Diocesan Court, sued by John Cole of Graveney on 19^th April 1597= .

He was one of two baili= ffs of Boughton under Blean, named in the constables' rolls between 10^th January - 26^th September 1598.

He appears as juror on a number of occasions, for example, as a member of a grand jury on 26^{th<=
/sup>
March 1599 at the Rochester Assizes.}

His name occurs on a deposition index, being described as a yeoman of B-u-Blean, born in the said parish and aged 36 years. Dated 21^st June 1597 (CKS, X.11.5 f.19= 86).

The second eldest son w= as

CHRISTOPHER JACOB
baptized 20<= sup>th August 1578 -

He lived at Hearnhill, = near Canterbury, Kent. On 6^th December 1606 he married Naomi Heeler at Hearnhill.

There is a case in the Diocesan Records (J/J 66, No 61) between = Mary Heeler plaintiff and Joseph Heeler defendant, which names Sara Jacob alias Clare a= nd Elizabeth Martin, children of Naomi Heeler alias Jacob, sister, deceased, in the contested will of Matt Heeler, 26^th July 1639.

The third son was<= /o:p>

MICHAEL JACOB

The only reference to a Michael Jacob in this period I have found, is of a Michael Jacob, of Rye in= the county of Sussex, letters of administration being granted to his widow Alic= e in 1618. Whether this is the same man or not, I don't know.<= /p>

The pedigree continues = with Edward, son of Cyriack Jacob (d 1593)

EDWARD JACOB

The son of Cyriack and = Anne Jacob, he had a wife named Elizabeth. By his will he left bequests to his sister Mary Hunt, to his sister Mary, to his Aunt Hayes and to Elizabeth his wife. To his son Edward (baptized 22^nd June 1628), to his son Ma= thie and his son Mathew (well under age) he left all his lands in Boughton and Hearnhill. A tenement in Southstreet to Edward.

MATHEW JACOB

The son of Edward Jacob= , he died in 1691. To his grandchild Alice Gilbert, the daughter of Susanna his daughter, wife of Peter Gilbert, he left £100. He had no male heirs.<= o:p>

On 3^rd April= 1660 John Hawkins of Boughton sold Mathew Jacob of the same place a piece of land called Cookes in Boughton for £48 (CKS-U 47/1 T 121).